what i mean by that, there are many republicans, many conservatives, they've been down cast, sapped of energy, devoid of hope. they can't understand how did obama with his indefensible record win reelection by a comfortable margin? i understand the reason for sagging spirits, but despair and apathy are not options not in politics, and especially not when our future is hanging in the balance. republicans now need to take advantage of the fact that with the passage of the fiscal cliff deadline, obama lost his best political leverage. that's an opportunity. republicans now have the chance to focus attention where it belongs, spending cuts, entitlement reform. now, that's the formula that lifted them to their epic 2010 mid term victory. so while democrats have a political advantage when it comes to raising taxes on those rascally rich people, republicans now have an advantage when it comes to spending and they just have to make sure they use it the right way, need to settle on a narrative for obama, one that's simple, one that resonates with people and one that conforms with reality and that's de